My recipe? It was pretty simple:

1 pint half & half

1/3 cup + 2 tbsp sugar

3-4 tbsp hazelnut syrup for coffee (like this one) — you can do this to taste. Mine was strong, but I like it that way.

Ok, so I mixed up the ingredients and poured them in one end of the ball. I filled up the other with ice and sea salt (I didn’t have any rock salt left).

As you can see, my ball lit up as soon as I put the ice in

And now for the shaking! Check out the neat video I shot:

Halfway through shaking, I stopped to scrap down the sides and inspect the ice cream.

Mmmm… yummy. Time for more shaking!

Another check reveals it’s almost done! I could have kept shaking for better ice cream consistency, but I prefer milkshake texture (and I was too impatient to keep going!)

Notice that my ball stayed lit up the entire time. Perfect for camping at night!

And the final outcome! Two perfect glasses of delicious hazelnut ice cream!

So, my ice cream recipe was not the healthiest. I think there were 80 calories per 2 tbsp of hazelnut flavoring, then the half & half and sugar. To make up for it I ate it with fat free cappuccino brownies. Sorry, I forgot to take pictures of those.

If you’re interested in the glowing Play & Freeze, drop me a line.